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1 Samuel 19

1 Sam. 19:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Saul
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
sought
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
to smite
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
even to the wall
qiyr (Hebrew #7023)
or (feminine) qiyrah {kee-raw'}; from 6979; a wall (as built in a trench)
KJV usage: + mason, side, town, X very, wall.
Pronounce: keer
Origin: or qir (Isa. 22:5) {keer}
with the javelin
chaniyth (Hebrew #2595)
a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)
KJV usage: javelin, spear.
Pronounce: khan-eeth'
Origin: from 2583
; but he slipped away
patar (Hebrew #6362)
to cleave or burst through, i.e. (causatively) to emit, whether literal or figurative (gape)
KJV usage: dismiss, free, let (shoot) out, slip away.
Pronounce: paw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root
out of Saul’s
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
presence
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
, and he smote
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the javelin
chaniyth (Hebrew #2595)
a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)
KJV usage: javelin, spear.
Pronounce: khan-eeth'
Origin: from 2583
into the wall
qiyr (Hebrew #7023)
or (feminine) qiyrah {kee-raw'}; from 6979; a wall (as built in a trench)
KJV usage: + mason, side, town, X very, wall.
Pronounce: keer
Origin: or qir (Isa. 22:5) {keer}
: and David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
fled
nuwc (Hebrew #5127)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
KJV usage: X abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, X hide, lift up a standard.
Pronounce: noos
Origin: a primitive root
, and escaped
malat (Hebrew #4422)
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
KJV usage: deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, X speedily, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lat'
Origin: a primitive root
r that night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
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Psa. 124:7• 7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of fowlers' snare;{HR}The snare is broken, and we are escaped. (Psa. 124:7)
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Matt. 10:23• 23But when they persecute you in this city, flee to the other; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have completed the cities of Israel until the Son of man be come. (Matt. 10:23)

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David,
Javelin,
Night,
Saul,
Walls

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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sought.
1 Sam. 19:6• 6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be slain. (1 Sam. 19:6)
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Hos. 6:4• 4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. (Hos. 6:4)
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Matt. 12:43‑45• 43But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find [it].
 44Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned.
 45Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also. (Matt. 12:43‑45)
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Luke 11:24‑26• 24When the unclean spirit hath gone out of the man, he goeth through dry places, seeking rest; and not finding any, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
 25And having come, he findeth it swept and adorned.
 26Then he goeth his way and taketh seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. (Luke 11:24‑26)
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2 Peter 2:20‑22• 20For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but again entangled and worsted thereby, the last for them is become worse than the first.
 21For it were better for them not to have known well the way of righteousness than knowing well to have turned back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
 22[But] there hath happened to them the [saying] of the true proverb, A dog returned to his own vomit, and A sow washed into rolling in mire. (2 Peter 2:20‑22)
he slipped.
1 Sam. 20:33• 33And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. (1 Sam. 20:33)
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Job 5:14‑15• 14By day they run against darkness,{HR}And as in the night they grope at noon-day.
 15And he saveth the poor from the sword out of their mouth,{HR}And from the hand of the strong; (Job 5:14‑15)
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Psa. 18:17• 17He delivereth me from my strong enemies and from my haters,{HR}For they were stronger than I. (Psa. 18:17)
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Psa. 34:19• 19Many [are] the troubles of the righteous [one];{HR}But out of them all Jehovah delivereth him, (Psa. 34:19)
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Prov. 21:30• 30[There is] no wisdom nor understanding{HR}Nor counsel against Jehovah. (Prov. 21:30)
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Isa. 54:17• 17No weapon that is prepared against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] riseth against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith Jehovah. (Isa. 54:17)
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Luke 4:30• 30But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way, (Luke 4:30)
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John 10:39• 39They sought therefore again to seize him, and he departed out of their hand. (John 10:39)
and escaped.
Psa. 124:7• 7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of fowlers' snare;{HR}The snare is broken, and we are escaped. (Psa. 124:7)
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Matt. 10:23• 23But when they persecute you in this city, flee to the other; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have completed the cities of Israel until the Son of man be come. (Matt. 10:23)
• He does not seek in anywise to magnify himself by rising up against the outward form which God had inwardly judged but not destroyed. (“1 Samuel 18-19” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Saul sought to smite David and the walla with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped that night.

JND Translation Notes

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See Note e, ch. 18.11

W. Kelly Translation

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And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.